go-prompt vs tabby

go-prompt

Building powerful interactive prompts in Go, inspired by python-prompt-toolkit. (by c-bata)

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tabby

A tiny library for super simple Golang tables (by cheynewallace)

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go-prompt		tabby
	Project
5	Mentions	-
5,182	Stars	345
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
13 days ago	Latest Commit	over 3 years ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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go-prompt

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-prompt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-09.

Is there a library that can give python-prompt-toolkit like completion for TUI?
2 projects | /r/rust | 9 Apr 2023

Ref. https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit and https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt ?
Is there a terminal based "dialog" library?
2 projects | /r/golang | 3 Feb 2022

has some nice options : https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt seems to have all you want (but may be a bit more than you wish for though.)
How can I use stdin while piping data when using promptui?
1 project | /r/golang | 6 Jan 2022

I think we are drifting into semantics here. The request isnt really about application design/use cases, nor am I am fan of running commands directly from code. If you notice, myapp in the example case is the final command, so interactivity isnt the breaker. The question is far simpler; this is doable in other langs or when using packages like github.com/c-bata/go-prompt
Library for developing CLI application with run-time command parsing like a shell
1 project | /r/golang | 29 Sep 2021

Have you hade a look at https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt ?
Bit (1.0) – a modern Git CLI in Go
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Feb 2021

Bit uses cobra a little but for the autocomplete it uses https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt

tabby

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-prompt and tabby you can also consider the following projects:

gocui - Minimalist Go package aimed at creating Console User Interfaces.

termui - Golang terminal dashboard

tcell - Tcell is an alternate terminal package, similar in some ways to termbox, but better in others.

Rich Interactive Widgets for Terminal UIs - Terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets — written in Golang

pterm - ✨ #PTerm is a modern Go module to easily beautify console output. Featuring charts, progressbars, tables, trees, text input, select menus and much more 🚀 It's completely configurable and 100% cross-platform compatible.

asciigraph - Go package to make lightweight ASCII line graph ╭┈╯ in command line apps with no other dependencies.

clui - Command Line User Interface (Console UI inspired by TurboVision)

uilive - uilive is a go library for updating terminal output in realtime

Git Town - Additional Git commands for easier branch management and support for stacked changes

termenv - Advanced ANSI style & color support for your terminal applications